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What We Learned at Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration
It’s December 31, 2025, the day before Zohran Mamdani would be inaugurated mayor of New York City. Outside a small hotel front in the Garment District, hospitality workers from the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) are on strike. They’re a small, huddled group in thick coats and beanies, standing around the building’s entrance and asking would-be customers not to cross the picket line as they approach. Their demands are familiar, and could have been made at any point in the last century. They want better wages, safety protections, and a fair contract. Backing them up is one of the city’s favorite sons: Scabby the Rat, the iconic protest balloon of the New York labor movement. He’s larger in person than he seems in photos, a little scruffy and battered around the edges—clearly a veteran of many such campaigns. His red eyes shine in the morning light.
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They Lobbied, Venezuela Burned.
Before Trump’s invasion of Venezuela, oil giants, global creditors, and cryptocurrency firms lobbied on sanctions and access to the resource-rich nation.